‘Holiday Train’ to stop in Ticonderoga, Port Henry

Nov. 30 visit to kick off holiday season

The arrival of the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train will again mark the arrival of the holiday season in Ticonderoga and Port Henry. The train, decorated in holiday lights and carrying a live musical show, is scheduled to stop in Ticonderoga at 4 p.m. and Port Henry at 5:45 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 30.
Photo by Nancy Frasier.

Ticonderoga  The arrival of the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train will again mark the arrival of the holiday season in Ticonderoga and Port Henry.

The train, decorated in holiday lights and carrying a live musical show, is scheduled to stop in Ticonderoga at 4 p.m. and Port Henry at 5:45 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 30.

This will be the eighth year the train will stop in Ti. It has stopped in Port Henry the past seven years. It will stop at the train station in each community.

The goal of the “Holiday Train” is to collect food and money for local food banks and to raise awareness in the fight against hunger. At each event, the train provides a box car stage, musical talent and a corporate contribution to the local food bank. The community, in turn, is encouraged to donate food and funds, all of which stays in the community.

As part of the program the Ticonderoga Area Chamber of Commerce on Montcalm Street will accept food donations for the local pantry.

Now in its 12th year in North America, Canadian Pacific Railway’s two lighted “Holiday Trains” — one in the eastern U.S. and Canada and another in the Midwest — carry live musical shows performed from boxcar stages in an effort to end hunger.

Since 1999, the CP Holiday Train program has raised $2.4 million and generated almost 2.6 million pounds of food donations for local food shelves.

The entertainment on the “Holiday Train” this year will be The Claytones and Tracey Brown.

Formed in the heart of the Ottawa valley, The Claytones spin their melodic, vocal driven, Canadiana brand of country soaked roots music with old school sensibilities. A collaborative project, Kelly, Adam and Anders write and arrange their songs together making The Claytones sound the sum of its parts.